Newbridge Avenue
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Newbridge Avenue (Irish: Ascaill an Droichid Nua) is a road in the Sandymount district of Dublin which links Herbert Road and Tritonville Road.
 The New Bridge crossing the Dodder | |
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| Native name | Ascaill an Droichid Nua (Irish) |
|---|---|
| Former name(s) | Haig's Lane, New Bridge Avenue[1] |
| Namesake | The new stone bridge over the River Dodder |
| Length | 290 m (950 ft) |
| Width | 15.3 metres (50 ft) |
| Location | Sandymount, Dublin, Ireland |
| Postal code | D04 |
| Coordinates | 53.335365°N 6.22368°W |
| northeast end | Tritonville Road |
| southwest end | Lansdowne Road, Herbert Road |
| Other | |
| Known for | Ulysses |
In the novel Ulysses, the funeral of the character Paddy Dignam starts here at number 9 and continues on to Glasnevin Cemetery via Tritonville Road.[2][3] The Dignams were said to live at number 9; the property was, in reality, vacant in 1904.[4]
Both this road and Herbert Road were built across land which once belonged to Haigs' distillery and so it used to be called Haig's Lane; the foundations of the Avenue were constructed with stone which originally came from the Dodderbank Distillery.[5] The distillery fields at this location featured in the sensational murder of the Reverend George Wogan in 1826.[6] A new stone bridge replaced the old wooden toll bridge in the mid-19th century, giving the road the name of "New Bridge Avenue."[1] Construction of houses upon this land then took place in the 1860s.[7]
Due to the Irish property bubble of recent times, properties on this road have risen greatly in value and, in 2006, a house was sold for €2M.[8]
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